The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-06-02

supper have bread and milk, oatmeal and
eggs; for dinner, fresh meat and vege-
tables, between half pint of soup and
couple of spoonfuls of light pudding.
... .As TO DRINK,
AS to drink, il you are thirsty, you can
drink water; if the water is bad, take
mineral water, with an occasional glass Of
pure ale or .claree Every flve or ten min
utes stop and ask yourself whether you
have not had enough; and If you think you
can get along with what you have eaten, do
not take another mouthful. Never try to
sstemptn your appetite; on the contrary,
ask yourself whether you could, If neces--
sary, make your meal on pure bread and
water; and If the answer is in the mega.
tive, omit that meal and see how you feel
at the neXt-but never eat between meals.
IF you ate only wholesome things, you
could live and thrive on half the present
bulk of your food. Starvation is the best
cure for dyspepsia; pick me ups only keep
it alive. After you have lived on reason
able food for month or two, you will no
longer be troubled with squeamish appe-
tite. If any way practicable, you ought
to have at least half an hour in the open
air before sitting down to table; and at
any rate wash your face and arms and
chest in cool water. But must leave the
stomach here, with q hundred things still
to be said about it.
CARE OF THE sKN.
Now for the skin. Ninety.nine people
out of 100 never think about their skin,
though the health Of all their internal or
1c fc
no use washing your face and hands and
leaving the rest Of your body untouched.
It is little better to stand in front of q
basin and spatter yourself from head to
foot with water. You must cleanse every
part of your skin thoroughly once day.
I am no advocate of discomfort in bathing
cold water ina cold room, and all such,
nonsense. Have the room warm and the
water only few degrees cooler Stay in
the bath five minutes, keeping yourself
either under water erapouring wet all the
time: but 1T is after you leave the. tub
that the really important part Of the bath
begins. Dry yourself thoroughly with
two towels; then take q stiff flesh brush
and try with all your might to rub your
skin off. A cocoanut fiber brush is the
best; and to get at your back, it Is good
plan to have O cocoanut fiber mat hung
against the wall to rub yourself against.
Keep up this friction for at least ten min
utes. You could not invest the same
amount Of time more usetully. There Is
no such remedy for feverish habit as
this, nothing like it to relieve the internal
organs from undue heat and congestion Of
blood and to free the lungs from oppres-
sion. Moreover, it actually increases the
size. Of the muscles and makes them
firmer, by causing the blood to circulate
more vigorously in them. AS to its effect
upon the elasticity and beauty Of the skin
itself, that will be obvious at glance,
THE FLESH BRUSH.
It is the brush, not the toilet bottle,
that furnishes the only true bloom Of
youth. But the morning bath and rub
down alone are not sufficient. IT, during
the day, you get into perspiration, do
not allow the moisture to dry on your
skin. Never come in from walk or o
horseback ride or q row and sit down as
you are. Go to your room, take OF
everything and use the brush. 1t may
seem inconvenient at first but when it is
done you will rejoice, and soon it will be-
come amatter Of course to you. II your
underclothing Is damp it is, Of course,
best to change it; but If the skin has been
brushed red you may venture to resume
the same clothes with comparative i'm
punity. This friction after exercise is of
great Importance; so much SO that it may
be affirmed that three-fourths Of the bene-
fit of any exercise is lost without it. If
you foresee that 1t will be impossible, after
your exercise, to take rub down, then it
will often be better to choose the rub
down instead of the exercise.
A SUNDAY DATH.
Once wcek-say on Sunday, when you
have more ttme-you should take q bath
of more elaborate kind. Fill the tub
with water as hot as you can bear 1t. Get
in and stay there until you feel almost un-
comfortably warm. Then stand up and
take O big sponge or q pithcer full OF cold
water, and deluge yourself again and
again from head to foot. This is delicious;
there are few things that give so keen q
sense of physical wholesomeness and
vigor. Dry and rub down as usual, and
You will imagine yourself ten years
younger. The stimulus to the circulation
is enormous 1t is one Of the best pre-
ventives against catching cold. It is en
excellent substitute for the Turkish Or
hot air bath, and takes only q quarter OF
the time. If you feel o headache coming
on, it will often send il away. But be
sure to have the hot water very hot, and
apply the cold without stint.
FRESH OUT DOOR AIR.
AS regards the lungs, the more fresh
out door air you can get into them the
happier and more comfortable you will be.
But it is not enough to 60 out in the open
air; you must learn how to brenthe when
you get there. Most people let year after
year 20 by without once drawing full
breath. A quantity of impure air always
remains mt the bottom of their lungs, like
bilge water in ship; and it contaminates
the whole system. If you will breathe
properly, you may get mere benefit from
half nm hour in your back yard than
another person will from twelve hours
dawdle at the seaside. 1t is q very sim
pie matter; breathe slowly, and breathe
in as much air as you Gun possibly get
into your lungs. When they will hold no
more, then emit your breath as deliber-
ately as you took it in. Suppose you are
walking ut your usual pace along tho
street; draw in your breath while you are
taking seven steps; emit it while you are
taking the next seven, and so on. 1t Will
make you feel queer at first; but keep II
upl After practicing this every time you
20 out for week or two, you will be able
to breathe In while you are taking eight
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